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Modeling and texturing method of Chateau Comtal of Carcassonne
Short film showing the animation of modeling and texturing method at Chateau Comtal of Carcassonne. How phototextures are applied to models.
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Early Start Programme in Irish Archaeology at University College Cork
The Early Start programmes — which are unique to University College Cork — are designed to give Visiting Students a pre-session introduction to Ireland and Irish Studies. The longest-established programme is that in Irish Archaeology. The course runs for four weeks from late August after which students join standard classes that run until mid-December. Some students choose to return in the spring to spend a full academic year at UCC. The Early Start in Irish Archaeology provides students with a [...]
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Archaeology Early Start – Student Interview
Early Start Programme in Irish Archaeology at University College Cork, Ireland The Early Start programmes — which are unique to University College Cork — are designed to give Visiting Students a pre-session introduction to Ireland and Irish Studies. The Early Start in Irish Archaeology provides students with a wonderful introduction to Ireland’s culture, history and landscapes. Students of Anthropology and Archaeology gain a unique insight into Archaeology as practiced in Europe and find the material and the approach taken to [...]
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Mass Viking Decapitations
Viking Apocalypse National Geographic : THU DEC 22 2012 http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/ What violent event caused this many beheadings?
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Alderney Roman Fort Ramparts 2011
360 Production: Alderney Roman Fort Ramparts An overgrown site on Alderney has been found to be one of the best-preserved Roman military structures in the world. Island tradition had long suggested the site, known as the Nunnery, dated back to Roman times, although excavations since the 1930s had always proved inconclusive. A joint project between Guernsey Museums and the Alderney Society was set up in 2008 to find the answers.
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Cosmeston 2011: The Movie
Cardiff University Department of Archaeology and Conservation is proud to bring you the official movie of the 2011 excavation at Cosmeston Medieval Manor. This exciting 17 minute odyssey takes you behind the scenes and beneath the ground to show you the latest discoveries at one of South Wales’ most important and unique heritage attractions. Written and directed by Cardiff undergraduates Robert Barrett and Tom Durbin we guarantee that you will enjoy this more than Time Team. Editor: Robert Barrett. http://www.youtube.com/plutonchannel [...]
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University of Ghent UAV archaeology
This movie gives a short introduction into the operating principles of the two UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) deployed by Ghent University to acquire the necessary aerial imagery for creating 3D reconstructions of archaeological interest (excavations, standing structures, landscapes, etc.)
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Kerry Murrell on the archaeological finds at Whittlesey
Kerry Murrell from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit on the archaeological finds at Whittlesey The extraordinary find at Hanson’s quarry in Must Farm, Whittlesey, has doubled the total of Bronze Age logboats found in the UK. One of the logboats could date from as long ago as 1300BC – making it the oldest ever discovered. Swords, spears, fish weirs and eel traps have also been found in the ancient water course, which runs along the southern ends of the Flag Fen [...]
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The archaeological finds at Must Farm, Whittlesey
The archaeological finds at Hansons Must Farm, Whittlesey The extraordinary find at Hanson’s quarry in Must Farm, Whittlesey, has doubled the total of Bronze Age logboats found in the UK. One of the logboats could date from as long ago as 1300BC – making it the oldest ever discovered. Swords, spears, fish weirs and eel traps have also been found in the ancient water course, which runs along the southern ends of the Flag Fen Basin. It is home to [...]
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Servilia curses Caesar and Atia
Servilia of the Junii casts ancient Roman curses (defixiones) on Julius Caesar and his niece, Atia of the Julii. She calls on the gods of the underworld to crush Caesar and Atia. She offers them to the “gods of the inferno”, naming specifically their body parts being offered. There is evidence of spells like these used throughout the empire, found on rolls of lead, as you see Servilia’s slave depositing at the house of Atia. Note the listing of specific [...]
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Photogrammetry – Explaining ‘working shots’ in 3D
A quick and dirty video demonstrating how photogrammetry can be used for working shots taken in 5 minutes or less.
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Remixing Çatalhoyuk Intro
For more than a decade, archaeologists and scholars have gathered in central Turkey to explore the remains of the 9,000-year-old village of Çatalhöyük. First excavated in the 1960s, Çatalhöyük became world-famous for its dense architecture and spectacular wall decorations. Between 1997 and 2003, a team from the University of California Berkeley worked intensively on one building there, bringing to light the life history of a Neolithic home. Remixing Çatalhöyük features the investigations and discoveries of the BACH team, who invites [...]
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Ephemera: Archaeology on Television
Ephemera, made in 2004 by Sean Caveille, is a short film about the popularity of archaeology/history programmes on TV. At the time, new quick-paced series like Extreme Archaeology (Channel 4) and Hidden Treasure (BBC 2) were desperately trying to capture new viewers by turning archaeology into that most dreaded of adjectives – ‘sexy’. Four years later and the BBC are trying to do the same thing again with Bonekickers… Ephemera has a distinctive visual style which is achieved through placing [...]
